Frustrated Utah lawmakers vent to BLM, Forest Service

A Utah legislative committee overseeing public land policy issues asked hard questions of the Bureau of Land Management and Forest Service on grazing and law enforcement conflicts. Some asserted politics and retribution enter into decision-making.

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Tyler McArthur: Actually, I trust the BLM far, FAR more than I do the Utah
State Legislature.

Utah's own Pat Shea is a former Director of
the BLM, and I suspect that makes him more qualified than anybody in Utah to
actually know
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6:28 p.m. June 18, 2014

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Tyler McArthur

South Jordan, UT

Why are only Utah and 11 other western states under the jurisdiction of the BLM?
How can Utah graduate from BLM stewardship and become like the other 38 states
that don't need federal oversight? Are we somehow less responsible in
managing our
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5:57 p.m. June 18, 2014

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farmrdave

Oregon, OR

In Oregon 30 years ago a question arose when the failing Spotted Owl species was
used to stop logging, which devastated hundreds of Oregon communities and
hundreds of thousands of Oregonian carriers. "article 1 section 8 of our
constitution vary
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Amy Joi O'Donoghue is the environmental reporter the Deseret News, specializing in coverage of issues that affect land, air, water and energy development. She has worked here since 1998 and has been an assistant city more ..